Makro opened its most energy efficient store to date. Situated in Brakpan in Ekurhuleni, Makro Carnival will be the retailer’s first store to makes use of renewable energy.

Shoprite demonstrated its commitment to growing in Nigeria with the successful opening of its Onitsha Mall store.

Eastgate Shopping Centre, one of Johannesburg’s largest super-regional malls, is nearing the completion of its 24-month refurbishment and extension programme with the project being driven by Asset Manager, Stanlib.

Pick n Pay on Thursday opens the first spaza-to-store conversion in Diepkloof township in Soweto, as it looks for more markets in a tighter economy.

Pick n Pay (PnP) Namibia opened a store in Ondangwa, attended by the Governor of the Oshana Region, Clemens Kashuupulwa, as well as the mayor of the town, Paavo Amwele, the new store was opened at the Ondangwa Ya Toivo Complex.

There's no secret South Africans love their coffee - with new stores popping up on a weekly basis across the country, both through independent and retail chains. Two of the country's biggest players are leading the pack in the explosion of coffee in SA with Vida e Caffé and Shell announcing the opening of their 100th store in South Africa, in Dorp Street, Stellenbosch.

Tete Junction shopping centre opened to excited crowds on the 3rd of December 2015, bringing with it an exciting new shopping experience to Tete, Mozambique. The opening marks the entrance of Africa’s largest food retailer, Shoprite, to the Tete Province. Thousands of shoppers and curious locals descended on the new centre to join in on the festivities.

Private equity firm Actis is investing R760m in Food Lovers Holdings, a retail group owned by the Coppin family that founded Fruit & Veg City in 1993.

Following a record 13 new supermarket openings across Africa in the last week of October – 10 in a single day – Africa’s number 1 retailer is on track with its expansion programme planned for the 2016 financial year. The Shoprite Group created more than 1600 new job opportunities in the process.